The Old Fox stared at the sudden turn of events, his eyes nearly splitting with rage. At last, he could bear the shock no longer and spat out a mouthful of blood.
After all, this had been his last resort. He had thought he could finish them in a single strike, only to suffer the greatest loss himself.
Unwilling to accept it, he looked at Chu Luohen and Su Jiu. "What exactly did you do?"
How could Su Jiu possibly reveal her secret?
And as Su Jiu's Martial Uncle, Chu Luohen was even less likely to say anything.
The Old Fox could now clearly sense that even the demon seed inside him had lost some of its vitality.
Then something unbelievable happened. The demon seed seemed to realize that most of the energy it had produced had vanished. To restore its former state, it began devouring the Old Fox's life force in vast quantities without restraint.
The Old Fox was already a guttering candle in his twilight years. How could he withstand such ravaging?
Before long, he reverted to human form, but the skin of his face was visibly sagging, and much more of his hair had turned gray.
Perhaps the only thing that remained unchanged was the terrifying gleam in his eyes as he looked at them.
The Old Fox spoke hoarsely. "Are you satisfied now?"
Su Jiu's cool voice rang out. "Whether I'm satisfied is beside the point. When you decided to follow the demon seed and do as you pleased, shouldn't you have foreseen this outcome long ago?
"Your cultivation has reached the Out-of-Body stage. Though your nature may be hard to change, even if you couldn't remove the demon seed, it shouldn't have been completely beyond your control. In the end, you were simply selfish.
"And